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I don’t feel like praising. The biblical response to this, is, “ lift up your praising hands to the Holy place, and bless God!” You can lift up your hands for Charles of how you feel; it is a simple motor movement. You may not be able to command your heart, but you can command your arms. Lifting your arms is a blessing; just maybe your heart will get the message and be lifted up also in praise.
— May 15, 2026 08:10AM
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Chapter 3
All the water in all the oceans cannot sink a ship unless it gets inside. Nor can all the trouble in the world harm us unless it gets within us. That is the promise of the psalm: "GOD guards you from every evil."
The danger of Christian discipleship is that we have two religions: a glorious, Sunday gospel that sets us free from the world; and an everyday religion that we make do with during the week.
— May 14, 2026 08:34AM
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All the water in all the oceans cannot sink a ship unless it gets inside. Nor can all the trouble in the world harm us unless it gets within us. That is the promise of the psalm: "GOD guards you from every evil."
The danger of Christian discipleship is that we have two religions: a glorious, Sunday gospel that sets us free from the world; and an everyday religion that we make do with during the week.
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Chapter 2
The first step toward God is a step away from the lies of the world. It is a renunciation of the lies we have been told about ourselves and our neighbors and our universe.
Every Christian has some variation on this immigrant plot to tell.
My whole life lived camping among quarreling neighbors." But we don't have to live there any longer. Repentance, the first word in Christian immigration, sets us to lit
— May 13, 2026 11:00AM
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The first step toward God is a step away from the lies of the world. It is a renunciation of the lies we have been told about ourselves and our neighbors and our universe.
Every Christian has some variation on this immigrant plot to tell.
My whole life lived camping among quarreling neighbors." But we don't have to live there any longer. Repentance, the first word in Christian immigration, sets us to lit
